Definition for UN-HEALTH'I-NESS

UN-HEALTH'I-NESS, n. [unhelth'iness.]

  1. Want of health; habitual weakness or indisposition; applied to persons.
  2. Unsoundness; want of vigor; as, the unhealthiness of trees or other plants.
  3. Unfavorableness to health; as, the unhealthiness of a climate.

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